Cut-off and filtering-joint



(No Model.)

A. ANDERSON.

GUT-OFF AND FILTERING JOINT.

No. 443,810. Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF IC ANDREW ANDERSON, OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA.

CUT OFF AND FlLTERlNG-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,810, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed August 20, 1890. Serial No. 362,522. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hastings, in the county of Dakota and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cut-Offs and Filtering-Joints and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a filter and cut-off for spouting or any kind of pipe through which a fluid may be conveyed to a cistern or any receptacle free from dirt or deposits of any kind; and its object is to filter the water and to stop or cut off the flow of same in a main or pipe, thereby changing its course into some other pipe or in a different direction when the receptacle or cistern is filled. 1 attain said object by a certain construction and arrangement of parts, fully described in this specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my i11- vention. Fig. 2 is a sectional longitudinal view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates a section of pipe having each end a semicircular in form, with a view of being adj usted to the inside of a main pipe and effectually stopping the fluid or changing its course. Said section is provided with a screw eye or hook a upon one end, which is secured to an eye or hook 1) upon the main pipe when it is desired to hold the same rigidly in the position as shown in Fig. 2.

It will readily be observed that the semicircular form of the end a, heretofore described, must always correspond to the inside of the pipe to which the section A may be adjusted.

B represents a section of the main pipe at a point where the piece A is located. It will be seen that this section B is made with the orifice b and the ears or projecting bars b to which the section A is pivoted. O. is a strainer or filter in the pipe, through which the water flows after reaching the cut-0E. Said filter catches all of the dirt, leaves, or deposit that may have collected on the roof or in the troughs, and owing to the force or pressure of the water said deposit is to provide a means of ejecting the dirt or deposit that accumulates in the pipe leading from the roof to the cistern and thrown off through the orifice a and the water passes into the cistern or receptacle strained and free from all deposit. The pivoting, construction, and arrangement of the filter and said described sections constitute my invention, and as it is easily seen that the same is calculated to be very useful and practical for the purpose designed I deem it useless to further enlarge upon its merits.

What I claim is- I11 a cut-off and filter for cisterns, the combination of the section B, provided with the projecting bars I) and having the orifice a in its side, the filter or strainer located in said section adjacent to and under the orifice a and the section A, pivoted to the projecting bars b at the top of the said orifice and extending below said projections a less distance than the distance to the bottom of said orifice, substantially as described and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW ANDERSON.

IVitnesses:

J OHN P. SoMMEns, Josnrrr FIRNER. 

